Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Public Hearings

Resumo

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene two public hearings on draft Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico. Amendment 7 proposes to: (1) Define overfishing for white shrimp; (2) provide for a framework adjustment for the overfishing definitions for brown, white, and pink shrimp; (3) revise the overfishing definition for royal red shrimp; and (4) eliminate the total allowable level of foreign fishing to allow the domestic fleet to harvest the optimum yield.